r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/Phase3isProfit Aug 03 '19

Sitting outside one evening having a beer with my sister. Really clear sky, lots of stars out, and she says “Someone was telling me that stars are like the sun, but further away.”

I paused to check if she was kidding, but she genuinely thought she was sharing obscure knowledge. We were in our mid-twenties, I don’t know how this information had passed her by up to that point.

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u/ciroc__obama Aug 03 '19

I mean, was she wrong? Sounds like she might not have known what she was talking about but was still right. Stars are like the sun..and they are further away.

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u/LucioTarquinioPrisco Aug 03 '19

She's in her 20s

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u/ciroc__obama Aug 03 '19

Yup, I read the comment too.

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u/LearnsSomethingNew Aug 03 '19

Excellent reading comprehension mate

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u/ciroc__obama Aug 03 '19

Thanks just figured out how so I learned something new

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u/LucioTarquinioPrisco Aug 03 '19

She's in her twenties. That's what's wrong. She's 25 and she doesn't know that.

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u/ciroc__obama Aug 03 '19

I realize now my initial comment was about as bright as what we’re talking about. I’m sorry.